Ayanna Pressley to reintroduce legislation that would bring reparations to Black Americans

Local News H.R. 40 was first introduced by Rep. John Conyers in 1989, and would create a committee to study the effects of slavery and recommend reparations. Pressley announced her reintroduction of the bill surrounded by other U.S. Representatives, all of whom referenced the importance of pursuing the creation of this committee now. (Madeleine Aitken/Boston.com) Rep. Ayanna Pressley announced Wednesday she would reintroduce H.R. 40, federal legislation that would study the impacts of slavery and suggest reparations for Black Americans.  The Commission to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans Act was first introduced by Rep. John Conyers in 1989. Repeatedly introduced since then, the bill moved out of committee for the first time in April.  As its new lead sponsor in the House, Pressley takes over from former Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who worked with Conyers to push H.R. 40 from her first year in Congress in 1995 until her death in July from cancer. Advertisement: “It is an honor to inherit the privilege of carrying this bill forward,” Pressley said in a press conference Wednesday. She promised Lee that she would “keep working on our priorities and never give up.”  The bill, unchanged by Pressley in this...